#A9A326#A9A326
#A9A326 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9A326 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 163, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 63%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 78%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 77.5%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.57, -11.88, 60.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.57, 61.77, 101.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.91% -0.0394 0.1323) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.91% 0.138 106.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.8105, 34.7704, 6.9744) |
| Luminance | 0.3477 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.24
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.33
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.17
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.51
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.82
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9A326 #262CA9
analogous
#A96126 #A9A326 #6DA926
triadic
#A9A326 #26A9A3 #A326A9
tetradic
#A9A326 #26A961 #262CA9 #A9266D
square
#A9A326 #26A961 #262CA9 #A9266D
split-complementary
#A9A326 #266DA9 #6126A9
monochromatic
#454310 #77731B #A9A326 #D3CC3A #DED96C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#A9A326 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.95
#A9A326 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9A326
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9A326 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9A326 | 1.00 | 2.64 | 7.95 | 7.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D04
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A130
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6988C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9a326; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 38); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.138 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bd6b',
500: '#a9a326',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9a326; $custom-light: #c6bd6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9a326",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 163,
"b": 38
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.252,
"s": 63.285,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69912,
"c": 0.13802,
"h": 106.6
},
"luminance": 0.34769
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9A326
secondary
#676BC4
accent
#49E641
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A